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Definition of Neurotic
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or affected by neurosis. "Neurotic symptoms"
2. Noun. A person suffering from neurosis.
Exact synonyms: Mental Case, Psychoneurotic
Specialized synonyms: Claustrophobe, Hysteric, Obsessive, Obsessive-compulsive, Psychopath, Sociopath
Generic synonyms: Diseased Person, Sick Person, Sufferer
Derivative terms: Psychoneurotic
Specialized synonyms: Claustrophobe, Hysteric, Obsessive, Obsessive-compulsive, Psychopath, Sociopath
Generic synonyms: Diseased Person, Sick Person, Sufferer
Derivative terms: Psychoneurotic
3. Adjective. Affected with emotional disorder.
Exact synonyms: Psychoneurotic
Similar to: Aboulic, Abulic, Compulsive, Delusional, Disturbed, Maladjusted, Hypochondriac, Hypochondriacal, Hysteric, Hysterical, Megalomaniacal, Megalomanic, Monomaniacal, Nymphomaniac, Nymphomaniacal, Obsessional, Obsessive, Obsessive-compulsive, Pathological, Phobic, Psychosomatic, Schizoid
Derivative terms: Neurosis, Psychoneurosis, Psychoneurotic
Antonyms: Unneurotic
Similar to: Aboulic, Abulic, Compulsive, Delusional, Disturbed, Maladjusted, Hypochondriac, Hypochondriacal, Hysteric, Hysterical, Megalomaniacal, Megalomanic, Monomaniacal, Nymphomaniac, Nymphomaniacal, Obsessional, Obsessive, Obsessive-compulsive, Pathological, Phobic, Psychosomatic, Schizoid
Derivative terms: Neurosis, Psychoneurosis, Psychoneurotic
Antonyms: Unneurotic
Definition of Neurotic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
2. n. A disease seated in the nerves.
Definition of Neurotic
1. Adjective. (''obsolete?'') Affected with a neurosis ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) Overly anxious ¹
3. Noun. A person who has a neurosis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neurotic
1. one affected with a neurosis [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neurotic
1. 1. Pertaining to or characterised by neurosis. 2. A person affected with a neurosis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)